The Zeng family is a large family in Kunyang. That year, the old man of the Zeng family died of illness. As soon as he put it in the coffin, his eyes began to cry continuously. The old man has six sons, but he doesn't know the reason. Only the second son Zeng Ti, whose courtesy n

The Zeng family is a big family in Kunyang.

This year, the old man of the Zeng family died of illness. As soon as he put it in the coffin, his eyes began to cry continuously. The old man has six sons, but he doesn't know the reason. Only the second son Zeng Ti, whose courtesy name is Youyu, was a famous scholar in the county. He thought this matter was ominous and warned his brothers to be careful in doing things, but the brothers laughed at him for being timid and none of them took it seriously.

The old man of the Zeng family actually has seven sons. When the eldest son Zeng Cheng was seven or eight years old, the mother and son were both robbed by robbers, and then married the second wife, gave birth to three sons: Zeng Xiao, Zeng Zhong, Zeng Xin, and took another concubine, and gave birth to three sons: Zeng Ti, Zeng Ren and Zeng Yi.

1. Zeng Xiao made trouble

Zeng Xiao looked down on Zeng Ti and the other two of his concubines, and only interacted with his two younger brothers. Even if he met Zeng Ti and the other two in person, he would not take the initiative to say hello. But Zeng Ti didn't care and still had normal contact with the three brothers Zeng Xiao, and even told his two younger brothers not to be rude.

Zeng Xiao had a daughter who married into the Zhou family in this county and died of illness. Zeng Xiao believed that it was killed by the Zhou family. Because Zeng Ti was a celebrity in the county and spoke a little, he asked Zeng Ti to go with him to ask for an explanation. Zeng Ti thought that the Zhou family was not at fault, so he naturally refused to go. Zeng Xiao was angry and struggled to go to the Zhou family and broke into the Zhou family, beat the Zhou family and smash things.

After the incident, the Zhou family immediately sued the official, and the county magistrate was furious and arrested the three brothers Zeng Xiao and the people who caused trouble, preparing to report to Shangguan and remove the three of them from their fame. After Zeng Ti knew about it, he quickly went to the county magistrate to plead with him, and then went to the Zhou family to apologize and compensate for the money. The county magistrate and the Zhou family gave Zeng Ti face and settled the matter and did not pursue it again.

2. Brothers are cheating

After Zeng Xiao and others returned home, they did not thank Zeng Ti, but instead hated Zeng Ti and the other two. A few months later, Zeng Ti's mother, the old man's concubine, passed away. Zeng Xiao and the other two did not even attend the funeral and were still drinking and having fun outside. When they were buried, they still guarded the old man's tomb door and were not allowed to be buried together. Zeng Ti was unable to do so, so he had to bury his mother nearby.

After a while, Zeng Xiao’s wife died of illness. Zeng Ti asked his two younger brothers to attend the funeral with him. Thinking of the past, the two younger brothers certainly refused to go, so he had to go by himself. Just as the funeral was at the funeral, his two younger brothers beat drums and sang music at home to vent their anger, so that everyone attending the funeral could hear it clearly.

Zeng Xiao was furious and took the people to beat Zeng Ren and Zeng Yi. Zeng Ti followed him, and was the first to beat his two younger brothers with a stick. Zeng Xiao's man refused to resist and was ready to beat the two to death.

Zeng Ti saw this and rushed forward to protect his younger brother. Zeng Xiao was puzzled and asked what it meant. Zeng Ti replied:

"It is because they are powerless. They should be beaten, but they should not be killed. They should not be beaten to death. If you want to be beaten, just hit me!"

Zeng Xiaocai didn't care. He was about to beat three people to death, and he called everyone to beat them together. The beating and scolding sounded alarmed the neighbors. Zeng Xiao did not dare to beat someone to death in front of outsiders, so he left.

Zeng Ti didn't hold grudges when he was beaten, and he apologized to Zeng Xiao with a cane, but Zeng Xiao didn't want to pay attention to him and drove him out, and did not allow him to attend the funeral. Zeng Ren was not seriously injured, but Zeng Yi was seriously injured. He didn't get in. Seeing that he was about to die, Zeng Ren was so sad that he went to the government to file a lawsuit, suing Zeng Xiao's three brothers for being unfilial and not mourning for his concubine's mother.

After the county magistrate investigated, he knew that the case was true and immediately arrested the three brothers Zeng Xiao, but due to Zeng Ti's face, he sent someone to find Zeng Ti to deal with it. Zeng Ti was injured and was embarrassed to come forward. He wrote to the county magistrate to plea for quelling the matter. The county magistrate drove all the people out and stopped asking about it.

Fortunately, Zeng Yi was treated soon after and did not die, but Zeng Ren and Zeng Yi were in poor health and were even bullied. Zeng Xiao and the other two would beat them up when they had the opportunity.

The two complained to Zeng Ti: "They all have brothers to help, but our brothers don't care about anything, just like nothing!"

Zeng Ti didn't want the brothers to be disagreeable, so he advised the two younger brothers to be patient. The two refused to listen, and just wanted the brother to come forward to help him vent his anger. Zeng Ti really had no choice but to do it, and didn't know what to do, so he moved with his wife and children fifty miles away.

From then on, Zeng Xiao and others were even more rampant and often ran to Zeng Ren and Zeng Yi's door to insult him loudly. The dirty words were very ugly. Zeng Ren and Zeng Yi knew that they could not beat him, so they had to lock the window door and stay closed. They were cautious when they wanted to go out, with a short knife in their arms, ready to fight desperately at any time.

3. The eldest son of the Zeng family

On this day, Zeng Cheng, the child who was captured by the robbers, actually came back and took his family with him.

Zeng Xiao and the other two have been studying for a long time and are unwilling to settle it. Zeng Ren and Zeng Yi were very happy and hoped that this brother could help them, so he took Zeng Cheng's family to live in the house and notified Zeng Ti. Zeng Ti was naturally not stingy, and the three brothers each distributed their property to Zeng Cheng.

Zeng Xiao and the other two were used to being domineering, and they couldn't stand the behavior of Zeng Ti and the other two, so they ran to the door and cursed.

However, Zeng Cheng was a robber, with a tough and hot temper, and immediately scolded him, rushed up and beat Zeng Xiao violently. Zeng Ren and Zeng Yi also beat Zeng Xiao's younger brother.

After, Zeng Cheng went to the government to file a lawsuit, and the county magistrate had to ask Zeng Ti again. Zeng Ti had no choice but to treat the family. He cried in pain and asked the county magistrate to make the county magistrate's decision. The county magistrate asked the three brothers Zeng Xiao and the three brothers Zeng Ti to become monks and make money to Zeng Cheng.

Zeng Cheng lived with Zeng Ren and Zeng Yi since then. Later, he heard that Zeng Xiao was not allowed to bury his concubine's mother together, and scolded Zeng Xiao and others for being worse than beasts, so he set a date to open a tomb and bury him together. Zeng Ti heard that he came back to persuade him to cancel the matter, but Zeng Cheng refused to listen and threatened Zeng Xiao and others with a knife. If they did not wear mourning clothes, they would chop them up. Zeng Xiao and others dared not cause trouble and had to attend the funeral obediently. After

, Zeng Cheng beat and scolded Zeng Xiao without any trouble, but Zeng Xiao could not beat him, so he ran to Zeng Ti's family every day to complain and scold Zeng Cheng because Zeng Cheng never lost his temper with Zeng Ti, nor beat him.

Zeng Ti could only persuade him. After a long time, he was very upset, so he had to move one day and he was a hundred miles away.

4. Zeng Xiao’s family affairs

Three years later, Zeng Xiao was forty-six years old and had five sons, the eldest son Zeng Jiye, the third son Zeng Jide was born to his wife, the second son Zeng Jigong, the fourth son Zeng Jiji was born to his concubine, and the fifth son Zeng Jizu was a maid. All five sons have already started a family, but they fight each other like Zeng Xiao back then, fighting every day, especially Zeng Jizu, who is only one person, is young and is the most bullied.

One day, Zeng Jizu went to see Yue Fei and visited his uncle Zeng Ti along the way. When he saw Zeng Ti's sons get along well, he was envious and lived in his uncle's house and was unwilling to go back, but Zeng Ti was afraid that Zeng Xiao would worry, so he forced Jizu to go home.

After Zeng Jizu returned home, he took his wife to say goodbye to his parents and moved to Zeng Ti’s house. Zeng Xiao knew that his son had an internal strife, but he couldn’t control it and did not stop him.

After a while, Zeng Jiye insulted his concubine's mother for trivial matters, Zeng Jigong protected his mother, killed Jiye with a knife, and was captured by the government and beaten to death in prison. Jiye's wife Feng cried and scolded Jigong every day at home. When Jigong's wife Liu heard about it, Liu was angry and killed Feng with a knife, and then jumped into a well to commit suicide.

The Feng family is not easy to mess with. Feng Dali, the father of Feng, knew that his daughter was killed, and he broke into the Zeng family with his own children. He caught Zeng Xiao’s concubine, Ji Gong’s mother, took off his clothes and beat him on the street. Zeng Xiao’s family was in chaos and didn’t know what to do.

Zeng Cheng was furious when he learned about this: "So many people died in our Zeng family, and the Feng family still has to come to bully him. How can we bear it!" He shouted and rushed out of the house with a knife. The Zeng family found the backbone and followed him to break up the Feng family. Feng Dali was caught by Zeng Cheng and his ears were cut off. Feng Dali's son was also broken and threw him to the side of the road.

The matter was too big. Feng's family reported to the official and the county magistrate arrested all the Zeng family, but only Zeng Zhong ran to Zeng Ti to report the news.

Zeng Ti had just had his son Jishan and his nephew Jizu came back from the scientific examination. After hearing this, he had no choice but to do so. He had not contacted the county magistrate for a long time after moving and could no longer speak. I can only wait for the results of the scientific examination. If any of the three people can pass the imperial examination, the county magistrate can give him face.

Fortunately, half a month later, good news came, and the three of them passed the imperial examination at the same time. In ancient times, fame and fortune were the most important. The news spread, and the Feng family did not dare to make trouble again. Zeng Ti gave a lot of money and finally got to know the matter.

After this disaster, everyone in the Zeng family woke up and listened to Zeng Ti in everything. From then on, the family was harmonious and the brothers were friendly.